2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) - The Bar-B!!!

As it has been our 'tradition', Down Under is typically the good ol Bar-B.

What a feast..... great start to the season. Just a reminder, here's what we had.

Starting the fire took a bit of effort but once it got going....

And then, the calorie inducing stuff!!

The Pork ribs and Prawns.....

The obligatory corn on the cob..

Beef.... certainly not from a certain 3-character organisation... !

Always popular and delicious... chicken

The pork ribs after being marinated for about 2 days!!

Fish wrapped in banana leaf....

Of course, there's always squid

This is what it looked like inside that banana leaf

A bit of a desert while celebrating Mr.C's belated birthday....!

2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne)

We're back .... !!

And so is the Ice Man and 4 other world champions!!  In addition to that, a whole bunch of new drivers that you don't even know how to say their names!! But back we are and a longer season as well.

As always, we start from Down Under and our little league starts again.

So the results as follows :

2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne)
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	58	34:09.6	2	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	58	+2.1 secs	6	18
3	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+4.0 secs	1	15
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	58	+4.5 secs	5	12
5	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	58	+21.5 secs	12	10
6	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	58	+36.7 secs	13	8
7	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	58	+38.0 secs	17	6
8	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	58	+39.4 secs	22	4
9	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	58	+39.5 secs	10	2
10	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	58	+39.7 secs	15	1
11	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	58	+39.8 secs	11
12	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	58	+57.6 secs	7
13	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	57	Accident	8
14	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	57	+1 Lap	20
15	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	53	Oil pressure	21
16	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	52	Accident damage	14
Ret	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	46	Accident damage	16
Ret	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	38	Suspension	18
Ret	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	34	Steering	19
Ret	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	10	Gearbox	4
Ret	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1	Accident	3
Ret	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	0	Accident damage	9
DNQ	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth
DNQ	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth

2012 FORMULA 1 QANTAS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne)
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos	Pos +/-	Diff 1st	Diff Nxt
TC	LH	15	JB	25	SV	18	58		58	1
EDS	LH	15	JB	25	FA	10	50		50	2			8
VF	JB	25	RG	0	SV	18	43		43	3			7
C&AL	LH	15	JB	25	MS	0	40		40	4			3
DF	LH	15	JB	25	RG	0	40		40	5			0
NF	LH	15	JB	25	MS	0	40		40	6			0
R&SW	LH	15	JB	25	MS	0	40		40	7			0
CCK	JB	25	RG	0	MS	0	25		25	8			15

FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO DO BRASIL 2011 (Sao Paulo)

All,
Once again, my apologies for the delay in posting this. As most of you know, there's a major disruptions going on this our home so, took me a bit of time before I could find the time to do this.

Anyway, the results as follows & I'll send a mail to confirm this.

FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO DO BRASIL 2011 (Sao Paulo)
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	71	32:17.5	2	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	71	+16.9 secs	1	18
3	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+27.6 secs	3	15
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	+35.0 secs	5	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	71	+66.7 secs	7	10
6	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	8	8
7	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	6	6
8	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	11	4
9	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	16	2
10	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	70	+1 Lap	15	1
11	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	13
12	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	14
13	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	17
14	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	70	+1 Lap	12
15	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	10
16	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	69	+2 Laps	19
17	9	Bruno Senna	Renault	69	+2 Laps	9
18	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	69	+2 Laps	20
19	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	68	+3 Laps	23
20	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	68	+3 Laps	22
Ret	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	61	Alternator	21
Ret	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	46	Gearbox	4
Ret	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	26	Spin	18
Ret	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	21	Wheel	24

FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO DO BRASIL 2011 (Sao Paulo)
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos	Pos +/-	Diff 1st	Diff Nxt
TC	SV	18	MW	25	JB	15	58	901	959		◄
VF	SV	18	MW	25	JB	15	58	871	929		◄	30	30
C&AL	SV	18	JB	15	LH	0	33	868	901		▲ 1	58	28
NF	SV	18	JB	15	FA	12	45	850	895		▲ 1	64	6
R&SW	SV	18	JB	15	FA	12	45	846	891		▲ 1	68	4
EDS	SV	18	MW	25	JB	15	58	831	889		▲ 1	70	2
DF	SV	18	JB	15	LH	0	33	856	889		▼ 3	70	0
CCK	SV	18	JB	15	FM	10	43	751	794		◄	165	95

2011 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina Circuit)

Apologies for the delay. A quick update with the results from the above race.

2011 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina Circuit)
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	55	37:11.9	2	25
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	+8.4 secs	5	18
3	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+25.8 secs	3	15
4	2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	55	+35.7 secs	4	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	+50.5 secs	6	10
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	+52.3 secs	7	8
7	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	55	+75.9 secs	8	6
8	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	+77.1 secs	9	4
9	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	+101.087 secs	10	2
10	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	54	+1 Lap	16	1
11	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	54	+1 Lap	11
12	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	54	+1 Lap	24
13	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	54	+1 Lap	12
14	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	54	+1 Lap	23
15	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	54	+1 Lap	15
16	9	Bruno Senna	Renault	54	+1 Lap	14
17	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	54	+1 Lap	17
18	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	53	+2 Laps	18
19	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	53	+2 Laps	19
20	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	53	+2 Laps	22
Ret	22	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	48	Electrical	20
Ret	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	19	Hydraulics	13
Ret	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	18	Brakes	21
Ret	1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1	Puncture damage	1

2011 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina Circuit)
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos	Pos +/-	Diff 1st	Diff Nxt
TC	SV	0	LH	25	JB	15	40	861	901	1	◄
VF	SV	0	JB	15	FA	18	33	838	871	2	◄	30	30
C&AL	SV	0	LH	25	JB	15	40	828	868	3	◄	33	3
DF	SV	0	LH	25	JB	15	40	816	856	4	▲ 1	45	12
NF	SV	0	JB	15	FA	18	33	817	850	5	▼ 1	51	6
R&SW	SV	0	JB	15	FA	18	33	813	846	6	◄	55	4
EDS	SV	0	JB	15	FA	18	33	798	831	7	◄	70	15
CCK	SV	0	JB	15	MW	12	27	724	751	8	◄	150	80

2011 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF INDIA (New Delhi) - The Food

Given the busy-ness of the day, we've decided to cater the food but it was nonetheless still delicious!